Minchanin grew hemp bushes in the country and kept ready-to-use marijuana in the apartment

A criminal case has been opened against the 41-year-old previously unconvicted citizen - he grew two hemp bushes and stored marijuana ready for use, the Minsk-Novosti correspondent was told in the October district prosecutor's office.

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Employees of drug control detained a Minsk resident who grew two plants of the genus Sannabis on a garden plot in Molodechno district. Also in his apartment on the street. Brilevskaya was found ready to use marijuana weighing 20.79 g.

A criminal case was opened against the man under two articles of the Criminal Code.

- The accused was not previously brought to criminal responsibility, commented Deputy Prosecutor of the Oktyabrsky district Yuri Sovlovets. He was charged with committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code (“Illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors and analogues”) and Part 1 of Art. 329 of the Criminal Code (“Illegal sowing and (or) cultivation of plants or mushrooms containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances”). A preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was applied against the accused.